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On "Evil"

Animal Person

First, I do think people can either be desensitized to the rampant cruelty depicted in Earthlings, or so terrified of what might happen if they let it affect them that they simply shut down. In other words, the Law of Attraction tells them that if they start thinking about the "evil" in the world, they will bring evil to them.

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John Passmore (1914-2004) on the History of Animal Cruelty

Animal Ethics

So while it is generally agreed that it is wrong to experiment on human beings without their consent in the expectation of making scientific discoveries, there is no such general opposition to animal vivisection. Biological warfare against human beings is generally condemned but not biological warfare against animals.